Cursive Ehnus 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: invitations, branding, packaging, social posts, headlines, elegant, friendly, retro, personal, lively, handwritten feel, signature style, casual elegance, expressive display, brushy, looping, slanted, bouncy, fluid.
A slanted cursive script with a brush-pen feel, showing rounded forms, tapered terminals, and subtle stroke modulation. Letterforms alternate between tighter and more open shapes, creating a lively rhythm and uneven, handwritten spacing typical of fast, natural writing. Capitals are taller and more gestural with occasional entry/exit strokes, while lowercase forms use simplified joins and soft loops for letters like g, y, and z. Numerals follow the same flowing logic, with curved, calligraphic silhouettes and slightly inconsistent widths that reinforce the hand-drawn character.
Works best for short, prominent text where a handwritten voice is desirable—invites, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, pull quotes, and social media graphics. It can also suit menu headers or signage-style applications when set at larger sizes with comfortable tracking.
The overall tone is warm and personable, with an easygoing elegance. Its energetic slant and looping forms suggest informal sophistication—more like a stylish signature or café chalk note than a rigid formal script. The texture feels upbeat and human, adding charm and motion to short phrases.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, confident brush handwriting with a refined slant, balancing legibility with expressive movement. It aims to provide a signature-like script for display settings, delivering a casual-yet-polished feel without excessive ornamentation.
Connections are present in running text but not uniformly continuous; some letters appear to break or rejoin, which adds to the natural, written cadence. The stroke ends often finish with gentle flicks, and the uppercase set provides expressive starting points for display words. The narrow overall set and compact counters can feel dense at smaller sizes, while it gains clarity and character when given room.